A Welsh Historian Lands in Rhinebeck: Gerry Protheroe on Aberfan, Oxford, and Trump

Norm sits down with historian Gerry Protheroe — a Welsh-born, NYU-affiliated professor and longtime private school teacher — for a conversation that ranges from his working-class childhood in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales,to experiencing the impact of the 1966 Aberfan disaster as a child, to his path through Jesus College, Oxford and eventually to New York City. Protheroe, author of The Crisis of Security: Global Politics from the End of the Cold War to the Present, weighs in on Brexit's economic toll, NATO's fragility under Trump, the fallout from the Iran conflict, and echoes of the Vietnam-era counterinsurgency debates in today's foreign policy. Along the way: Manhattans, Manchester United, dual citizenship debates, and a surprise Churchill impression. Produced by Norm Magnusson, Jennifer Hammoud, and Matty Rosenberg @ radiofreerhinecliff.org Send comments to [email protected]